The origins and customs of the Spring Festival are as follows:

The origin of the Spring Festival: The Spring Festival originated from the activities of worshiping gods and ancestors at the beginning and end of the year during the Yin and Shang Dynasties. During the Spring Festival, China's Han and many ethnic minorities hold various activities to celebrate. The main contents of these activities are to remove the old and bring in the new, welcome good fortune and pray for a good harvest. The activities are rich and colorful with strong national characteristics.

The customs of the Spring Festival include offering sacrifices to the stove, making sweets for the stove, sweeping the dust, meeting the Jade Emperor, pasting door gods, pasting Spring couplets, staying up late, paying New Year greetings, watching the Spring Festival Gala, giving New Year's money, and setting off firecrackers.

The legend of the Spring Festival:

Once upon a time, there was a monster named "Nian". It has horns on its head, which are very powerful. Normally, the Nian beast hides under the sea. When the Spring Festival is approaching, the Nian beast will crawl out from under the sea and eat cattle, sheep, chickens, pigs, and even people.

Once, when the people knew that the Nian beast was coming, they all took their livestock into the mountains to escape. At this time, an old man with a white beard came. An old woman advised the old man with a white beard to hide quickly. Grandpa Whitebeard said, if I live here, I will not be afraid of the Nian beast. It will only be the Nian beast that is afraid of me.

It turns out that Nian is most afraid of the color red, noise and fire. Since then, everyone has learned a good way to brave the Nian beast. When the Spring Festival is coming, people will put red couplets and red blessing characters on the door, red window grilles on the windows, and set off "bang bang bang bang bang" firecrackers and fireworks.